Nucleus

Companies | 20 Dec 16

The chief executive of Aegon Central & Eastern Europe is to retire in 2017, with the Dutch insurer announcing additional senior leadership changes. First Names Group has a new managing director of its Singapore business, while Amundi has appointed a deputy director to oversee the merger with Pioneer Investments.

Best Practice | 14 Dec 16

Adviser built-wrap Nucleus has launched an online portal to help UK adviser firms with their professional and practice development.

Best Practice | 17 Nov 16

Millennials are willing to pay an average of just £28.50 ($35.50, €33.12) per hour for financial advice, casting doubt on the industry’s ability to capture younger clients amid the rise of robo-advice, research from financial services PR consultancy MRM has found.

Retirement | 5 Sep 16

With no date set for new UK chancellor Philip Hammond’s autumn statement, and no hints as to what it will contain, the financial services industry will continue treading water, said Jon Gwinnett, pensions technical manager at Nucleus.

People Moves | 18 Aug 16

The UK regulator has pulled out the big guns and appointed a former FBI man to head up its retail and regulatory investigations. Deutsche Bank has appointed co-heads of wealth management for Germany and Old Mutual International has named an operations director for the Isle of Man.